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In November 1806, Napoleon created a blockade to close off Great Britain from the rest of Europe

Napoleon destroy Great Britains economy by blocking off their trade routes to the other European countries, and make continental Europe stronger

This didn't work, as Britain sent smugglers to bring cargo to and from other European nations

As well as this, Great Britain created their own blockade, and since Britain had a stronger Navy, it worked much better than France's

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In 1808, Napoleon tried to get Portugal to agree with the Continental System, so he sent troops to invade throughout Spain

The Spanish people retaliated, so Napoleon removed the Spanish king and put his brother on the throne

The Spanish people, who were devout Catholics and feared Napoleon would take down the church, had guerrillas fight against Napoleons French army

Great Britain sent groups to help the Spanish, and roughly 300,000 of Napoleon's soldiers died in battle

Seeing the Spanish retaliate against Napoleon inspired other countries, including Germany and Italy

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In 1812, Alexander I had been Napoleon's ally, but their alliance had been broken, and Napoleon decided to invade Russia

In June of 1812, over 420,000 of Napoleon's soldier advanced to Russia, but Russia kept pulling their troops back, knowing they would be overpowered

Russia used a scorched-earth policy against Napoleon's army, which meant Russia burnt all their grains and killed all their livestock so the French army didn't have anything to eat

On September 7, 1812, the Russian and French army finally fought each other, with Russia retreating, so Napoleon moved on to Moscow

Alexander I totally destroyed Moscow once Napoleon arrived, he'd rather eliminate his "holy city" by himself then have Napoleon do it

Once Napoleon retreated from Moscow about a month later, the Russian army devastated Napoleon's soldiers in the cold, leaving only 10,000 soldier to battle

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Britain, Russia, Prussia, and Sweden all were against Napoleon, and even Austria had declared war on France, even though he was married to Marie-Louise

After his defeat in Russia, Napoleon had rebuilt an army, be the majority of the soldiers didn't know how to fight

In January of 1814, the armies against Napoleon had started advancing towards France, and in March the leaders of Russia and Prussia had both sent their armies to the capitol of France

Napoleon wanted to continue the fight, but his generals went against him and refused, which forced Napoleon to surrender and give up his throne

Napoleon was then forced into exile on a small island off the Italian coast called Elba

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Louis XVIII had now taken the throne from Napoleon, put he was extremely unpopular amongst the people of France

This made Napoleon escape from Elba, return to France, and become the Emperor of France again

The countries against Napoleon were furious, and the British army prepared for a fight near Waterloo, a town in Belgium

Napoleon's soldiers attacked at Waterloo on June 18, 1815, but Great Britain wouldn't back down

Then, Prussia started attacking France at Waterloo as well, and after two days, Napoleon's soldiers were too exhausted to fight

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Losing the battle of Waterloo was devastating for Napoleon

The British shipped Napoleon to a desolate island in the South Atlantic, St. Helena

He'd lived here for 6 years, and spent his days writing memoirs

Finally, Napoleon had died in 1821 from a stomach condition, possibly cancer